WA WA - Julie Moranda, 31, Yakima, 7 Dec 1990

[Gardener1850]

The Doe Network:
Case File 514DFWA

Left and Center: Moranda, circa 1990; Right: Age-Progression by Wesley Neville

Julie Lynn Moranda
Missing since December 7, 1990 from Yakima, Yakima County, Washington.
Classification: Missing

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Vital Statistics

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  [*]Date Of Birth: March 31, 1959
  [*]Age at Time of Disappearance: 31 years old
  [*]Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'0"-5'2"; 125 - 140 lbs.
  [*]Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. brown hair (could be dyed red); hazel or blue eyes. She has shoe size 6 1/2 narrow.
  [*]Tattoos: She has a rose tattoo on left breast, a partial rose on right breast, letter "D" on left hand, letter "J" on right hand, small square on right hand.
  [*]AKA: Terry L Moore, Becky Walker, Janice M Young.
  [*]Dentals: No dental records available.
  [*]DNA: Available.
• Fingerprints: Available.

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Circumstances of Disappearance
Julie Moranda disappeared from a parking lot in Yakima, Washington. She was last seen getting into a car with an unknown driver near the Yakima Sports Center. Police believe may be a victim of a serial killer.
She was a prostitute and IV drug addict. A month later another woman disappeared from the same location.
Medical records are forthcoming.

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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Yakima Police Department
509-576-6531
Agency Case Number: 91-3408
NCIC Number: M-528492785
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Source Information:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Washington State Missing Persons
NamUs

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/514dfwa.html

 

[Coffee56]

Her sister was brutally murdered. Both are mentioned

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19990516&slug=2960980






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[Gardener1850]

Her sister was brutally murdered. Both are mentioned

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19990516&slug=2960980






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Article From May 16, 1999:

YAKIMA - They were like two sides of a coin, inseparable as children.

One smart and crafty, the other slow and spiritual. Born a year apart, sisters Ruby and Julie complemented each other.

They grew up with four other siblings in a chaotic house where food on the table was sometimes stolen from neighboring Sunnyside farms.

When they reached adulthood, their methods of survival were unconventional at best, illegal at worst.
"I didn't get to tell either of my girls goodbye," said their mother, Judy Moranda, who wonders how two bolts of lightning could strike the same family tree.
Julie Moranda, who would be 40, has been missing for nearly a decade. Ruby Moranda-Robles, 41, was beaten to death March 12.
Both, their mother said, have been written off by a society quick to forget dead and missing women who broke the law to survive. But court records and police reports don't describe her daughters, she said.

"It's what they did, not who they were," she said.

Julie was always running and was seldom predictable. When she was about 9, Julie attempted to run away from home by trading food stamps for a bus ticket, Moranda remembers.

The family painted a murky picture of Julie's life. She jumped from job to job, once working as a roller-skating waitress at a Texas hamburger stand.
Julie had two sons with a boyfriend. Now 16 and 18, they live in the Lower Valley with their father.
Because Julie tended to run, because she was rebellious, her mother holds hope she's alive.
"I keep thinking she will show up some day," Moranda said. "It doesn't matter if your child is older. When they are missing, it's the same feeling as if they were little ones."

Read more: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19990516&slug=2960980

 

[sasha17]

Charley Project page - Julia Lynn Moranda – The Charley Project

NamUs #MP5624 - The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[JerseyGirl]

Julia Lynn Moranda, last seen getting into a vehicle in early December 1990.

‘We have so many missing people’: Coroner tests remains found on Yakima River island as families wait, hope

 

[Caring1]

Bump for Julie

Tattoos:
ROSE on left breast
Partial ROSE on right breast
The letter "D" on left hand
The letter "J" on right hand

6 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Julia Lynn Moranda – The Charley Project